Desperate Reader

'The Brandons' was the first Thirkell I read, I found an old Penguin copy second hand about 7 years ago, experience now tells me it...

A good bookshop is a joyous thing and although the city no longer has one there's a little gem of a bookshop out in one of the villages ...

A holiday where I can haul along as many books as I please, buy a pile more, and spend some serious time reading them is my idea of heaven...

In a week when Michael Gove (who I'm no fan of) didn't ban any books and isn't about to set fire to piles of American classics t...

White boar pendant on a chain of suns and roses Following the news that the remains of Richard III will  most likely be buried in Leice...

I read this at the start of my recent holiday, it was wet and cold enough to more than justify a fire and an afternoon on the sofa which i...

I'm fairly sure I met Sabrina Ghayour once at a book thing, I definitely have a memory of someone charming and glamorous talking about t...

Kirsty Stonell Walker (who I will refer to as Kirsty for the rest of this post because it's shorter and friendlier than Stonell Walker...

'An Episode of Sparrows' is the second of the current Rumer Godden's that Virago have released as part of their children's ...

Because I'm sure everyone wants to know what I've been up to whilst away from the internet. Basically I slept a lot - it rained, ...